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Inside the NY Giants money boot camp: How to tackle some wild spending habits
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — On a morning in mid-September, former National Football League player Patrick Kerney stood in front of an audience of rookies from the New York Giants. His agenda: to help the young players avoid bad spending habits, as well as teach basic money management and investing concepts. […]
Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Wells Fargo, Micron Technology, Delta, Apple & more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Wells Fargo – Wells Fargo named Bank of New York Mellon CEO Charles Scharf as CEO, effective October 21. Wells Fargo has been without a permanent CEO since Tim Sloan left the bank earlier this year. BNY Mellon named CFO Thomas […]
Two US movie theater chains ban masks at screenings of ‘Joker’
The Landmark Theaters chain will ban costumes and masks for moviegoers during screenings of the film “Joker” it said on Thursday, following concerns expressed by families involved in a 2012 mass shooting during a Batman film in Colorado. The Los Angeles-based chain, which runs 52 theaters in 27 markets, said […]
DoorDash hack leaks data of 4.9 million customers, restaurants
DoorDash delivery person Source: DoorDash Meal delivery service DoorDash said on Thursday there was a data breach and information related to 4.9 million customers, delivery executives and restaurants may have been leaked. The data was accessed by an unauthorized third-party service provider on May 4, the company said on a […]
Google will open a cloud hub in Poland as European growth outpaces rest of world
Google announced Friday it will open a new cloud hub in Poland as the tech giant seizes on growing sales across Europe. The announcement underscores Google Cloud’s ambitions to expand its cloud infrastructure across the European region. In an interview with CNBC Thursday, Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian said Europe […]
Hong Kong braces for weekend of mass protests ahead of China’s National Day
People demonstrate during a protest in Tung Chung station, in Hong Kong, China September 7, 2019. Anushree Fadnavis | Reuters Hong Kong braces for another weekend of mass protests. Ahead of China’s National Day, protesters are expected to march the streets on Sept. 28 to commemorate the 5th anniversary of […]
Sterling slips after BOE policymaker says Brexit uncertainty could mean a rate cut
Sterling slipped below $1.23 against the dollar after a Bank of England policymaker said the next move for the central bank could be a rate cut. Speaking to local businesses in Northern England, Bank of England policymaker Michael Saunders said the U.K. could be looking at an interest rate cut […]
Facebook’s Libra project is a ‘walled garden,’ Ripple exec says
A facebook crypto currency Libra logo seen displayed on a smartphone. SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Facebook’s plan to create a digital currency comes with one major flaw, according to an executive at blockchain start-up Ripple. Marcus Treacher, Ripple’s senior vice president of customer success, told CNBC earlier […]
Are Russia and China the best of friends now? It’s complicated, analysts say
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping enter a hall during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on June 5, 2019. MAXIM SHIPENKOV | AFP | Getty Images Russia and China appear to be increasing their economic, political and military ties amid poor relations with the […]